Letters to Father: Suor Maria Celeste to Galileo, 1623 - 1633 - Hardcover

Galilei, Maria Celeste; Sobel, Dava

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0802713874 ISBN 13: 9780802713872

Publisher: Walker & Co, 2001

Synopsis

An elegant collection of letters written by Virginia Galilei, the elder daughter of Galileo, to her father after she was placed in a convent in Florence and took the named Suor Maria Celeste, captures the events of the time and brings to life the tender, inspiring relationship between Galileo and his daughter

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Review:

"Finely produced...clearly a labor of love." --Los Angeles Times

"Turn off CNN and leave behind the troubled modern world for a leisurely sojourn in a 17th-century convent." --Chicago Tribune

"The intelligent, pious, and literary nun comes across centuries as a compellingly intriguing woman in her own right." --Booklist

"Finely produced...clearly a labor of love." Los Angeles Times

"Turn off CNN and leave behind the troubled modern world for a leisurely sojourn in a 17th-century convent." Chicago Tribune

"The intelligent, pious, and literary nun comes across centuries as a compellingly intriguing woman in her own right." Booklist"

"Finely produced...clearly a labor of love." Los Angeles Times

"Turn off CNN and leave behind the troubled modern world for a leisurely sojourn in a 17th-century convent." Chicago Tribune

"The intelligent, pious, and literary nun comes across centuries as a compellingly intriguing woman in her own right." Booklist

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"Finely produced...clearly a labor of love." --Los Angeles Times

"Turn off CNN and leave behind the troubled modern world for a leisurely sojourn in a 17th-century convent." --Chicago Tribune

"The intelligent, pious, and literary nun comes across centuries as a compellingly intriguing woman in her own right." --Booklist

About the Author:

Dava Sobel is an award-winning science writer and former New York Times reporter who has contributed articles to Audubon, Discover, and The New Yorker. As a contributing editor to Harvard Magazine, she covered scientific research and the history of science.

About this edition

• Publisher: Walker & Co
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0802713874
• ISBN 13: 9780802713872
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 377